A Research on the Reconstruction of Traditional Chinese “Yi-Li” (Justice and Interest) Conception

Abstract

The relationship between moral ethics and economic interests is the core of economic ethics. Although the traditional Chinese “Yi-Li” conception and the western economic ethics are both connected with certain morality, their economic characteristics have notable distinctions because of the respective diff erent political, economic and cultural background. In the light of Chinese and western cultural origin, the paper analyzes the infl uence of the western economic ethics on the traditional Chinese “Yi-Li” conception. The paper proposes how to treat the relationship between the traditional Chinese “Yi-Li” conception and the western ethics under the condition of Chinese market economy.